There has been a pivot in the Philippines’ foreign policy since President Marcos took the highest position in the country. Now, the country is dancing with two global powers – restoring ties with the U.S. but “not closing its doors” to China. | BPinlacINQ
Coming from a six-year slump in its relations with the Philippines, Cabalza said the United States is now on a mission to “lure us in trying to show that they are a competent and appropriate partner when it comes to what is happening now in the Indo-Pacific region.”
The United States’ aggressiveness in wooing the country, he said, is also because it knows that China is just in the Philippines’ backyard.Despite the continuous encroachment of Chinese vessels in the contested West Philippine Sea and the strong pronouncements of Beijing against Manila’s boosted ties with its rival Washington, Cabalza raised an unpopular point: “China cannot afford to lose the Philippines.
“I know China cannot afford to lose the Philippines because of our geographic importance. And secondly, because they really would want to address the many insecurities they have with the Philippines,” he pointed out.Cabalza took note of the 2016 Hague ruling, which the Philippines won against China, declaring that Beijing had no legal basis for its sweeping claims over the South China Sea.“For China to become a superpower, it has to stabilize that narrative.
Among the things Marcos discussed with Chinese President Xi Jin Ping are a “compromise” that would allow Filipinos to fish again in their natural fishing grounds in the West Philippine Sea and the conduct of joint oil explorations–a plan that was preparing to set sail but immediately sank during the Duterte administration.
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